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Paul was delighted to finally host a full contingency of all the party points of view on this week's podcast. Other than Elections Canada-related issues (and accusations involving tinfoil hat wearing), most of the discussion was around the Vancouver Island ridings, with lots of great info and points of view that every Vancouver Island voter should find helpful, with a dash of inside baseball to make it a bit more fun.

This is the exciting, often
raucous, political panel recorded on September 16th, featuring Bruce Hallsor, a
long-time Conservative activist in Victoria, and Sheldon Kitzul, representing
the NDP point of view and Andrew Reeve, local Riding President for the Liberal
Party.

Also very present were John
Juricic of Harbour Digital Media & Paul Holmes of Smart Dolphins. Off the
bat, a huge disclaimer on my part...because of trying to capture a conference
call type environment around a large table, I increased the "Gain"
microphone control, well, all it did was capture my incessant and annoying
laughter (lots of "Equalization" editing)...so my apologies, I will
do better next time.

- lots of deficit / balance
budgets talk

- hearing the NDP defend a
balanced budget...well, well

- considerable "front
runner" bashing & poking

- NDP / Green Social Media vitriol
& political battling

- in the
absence of a Green Party representative, we actively discuss Green strategies
and political tactics

Eric talks about his path into the technology sector through UVic, his experiences around his start up, PureEdge, selling it to IBM, his work on the Premier's Technology Council and with VIATeC, and his latest foray into the growing video game industry in Victoria, joining Codename Entertainment.

This is the political panel recorded on August 27th, featuring Bruce Hallsor, a long-time Conservative activist in Victoria, and Sonia Théroux, Campaign Manager for Green Party Victoria candidate, Jo-Ann Roberts.

We had regrets from both our NDP and Liberal guests lined up for today's show, and hope to have them both back for the next one.

New this episode, we broadcast the first 10 minutes or so on Periscope. What a hoot. If you'd like to tune in to our next live Periscope show, download Periscope on your phone or tablet, and follow @JohnPaulandMic. If you follow us on Twitter (also @JohnPaulandMic), you will see a Tweet when we go live. If you really don't want to miss it, though, mark your calendar for September 16th at 9:05am.

We had a great discussion today, around the unique animal that is the South Vancouver Island Green vs. NDP battleground.

In this episode, we welcome to the show Murray Langdon, the General Manager of the award winning Vancouver Island Brewery, the oldest craft brewer on Vancouver Island.

Given Murray's long career in journalism prior to coming aboard with Vancouver Island Brewery, we kick off the conversation with a general talk around the state of media in Canada, and get some great insights from somebody who spent most of a lifetime working in the media industry.

We shift gears into beer. The history of the brewery, the state of the industry, it's connection with "buy local", and the many opportunities that exist around the industry.

We wrap up with a chat about the area where the brewery is located, and the potential land use around that area - "mid-town" (or as John might envision it, "Yaletown").

Media, business and politics - sounds like a pretty well rounded episode for JPM. Enjoy the show!

This episode is not intended as an endorsement of alcohol consumption of any kind. In particular, it is not intended for an audience under age 19. If you drink alcohol, please drink responsibly, don't drive (and drink locally).

In the lead up to the Federal election, we are assembling a political panel to look at the bigger picture, and issues that affect us locally.

We were joined on June 11th by Sonia Théroux, Campaign Manager for Victoria Green Party candidate Jo-Ann Roberts, and Kalen Harris, community advocate and owner of Shatterbox Coffee.

Except for being sidetracked by a fierce debate between Sonia and Paul about a National Daycare Program, most of this episode focuses on the flaws of our current electoral system, not just the systemic institutional ones...the problems with outcomes based on who votes (and who doesn't)...how Members of Parliament vote in Parliament, talking points, the media, and so much more.